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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2024 at 01:57
Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels Zappastolethetowels wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels Zappastolethetowels wrote:


I can't make an entry bc I only listen to albums as a whole Wink
You are never interrupted when listening to an entire album?

No, I designate the time for an album, usually. If interrupted, I just continue where I left off. 

The concept of a prog "best of " makes no sense to me, yet albums do. I see a prog LP as a mixture of long & shorter tunes (or segues) with emphasis placed on flow. 

I can't figure out if you are taking the topic too seriously or you are just trolling. 
I also listen to albums, but that does not mean I cannot make a list of songs I enjoy and love. Geek
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^Sometimes I want to listen to Soft Machine's Virtually Part I-IV without playing the A-side first. Or maybe an emotional rollercoaster such as A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers is all the VdGG I can take in one go. I don't know why that is frowned upon by so many. To me it's simnilar to looking at one painting and not a full exhibition - or seeing one episode instead of binging a full season.

+whenever I check out new music (which is basically every day), I rarely listen to albums in full, but primarely check if it's worth my listening time. For later.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote essexboyinwales Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2024 at 04:02
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Have you checked your math ??



Only one song per artist, no songs over 30 minutes, pick 20.  This is 10 hours of music.
That's not an album...it's a BOX SET ! LOL






It’s a playlist!😎
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels Zappastolethetowels wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels Zappastolethetowels wrote:


I can't make an entry bc I only listen to albums as a whole Wink
You are never interrupted when listening to an entire album?


No, I designate the time for an album, usually. If interrupted, I just continue where I left off. 

The concept of a prog "best of " makes no sense to me, yet albums do. I see a prog LP as a mixture of long & shorter tunes (or segues) with emphasis placed on flow. 


I can't figure out if you are taking the topic too seriously or you are just trolling. 
I also listen to albums, but that does not mean I cannot make a list of songs I enjoy and love. Geek


How is it trolling Cristi? All he said was that he doesn’t make or care for playlists containing various prog artists…..

Edited by essexboyinwales - February 10 2024 at 04:09
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I’m going to make mine a mixture of long and short(er), as 20 long songs makes a very long album/playlist! Also old and new, and heavy and light!

It Bites - Once Around The World
Devin Townsend - Kingdom
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Pendragon - A Man Of Nomadic Traits
Genesis - Cinema Show
Frost* - Towerblock
King’s X - We Were Born To Be Loved
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
Mike Oldfield - Incantations III
Anathema - Internal Landscapes
Cellar Darling - Six Days
Marillion - Sugar Mice
IQ - Further Away
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Mostly Autumn - Home
Rush - Cygnus X-1
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper
Leprous - The Sky Is Red
Ayreon - Amazing Flight
ELP - Karn Evil 9

I’d have to think very hard about how to order these!🤯😃
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Zappastolethetowels Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2024 at 06:41
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels Zappastolethetowels wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels Zappastolethetowels wrote:


I can't make an entry bc I only listen to albums as a whole Wink
You are never interrupted when listening to an entire album?

No, I designate the time for an album, usually. If interrupted, I just continue where I left off. 

The concept of a prog "best of " makes no sense to me, yet albums do. I see a prog LP as a mixture of long & shorter tunes (or segues) with emphasis placed on flow. 

I can't figure out if you are taking the topic too seriously or you are just trolling. 
I also listen to albums, but that does not mean I cannot make a list of songs I enjoy and love. Geek

Neither...

Yes, you can, if you want. I just said that a prog "album" is separable from a playlist of favorite tracks, and I thought that's what the OP asked for.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Grumpyprogfan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2024 at 07:22
^If you read the original post and not just the title, it's clear what I was asking. So sorry I confused some.

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Only one song per artist, no songs over 30 minutes, pick 20.
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If your prog 'album' spans several hours, more power to you.

I read what the OP said, and my album would resemble more or less an actual album (song wise and runtime) consisting of the provided criteria.

Some people find it strange that I'm a so called "album listener" in general? Well.... 

And Ofc I'm not exclusively restricted to it lol
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This was difficult. Here is my album:

1. Echolyn - Georgia Pine
2. Steve Hackett - The Virgin and the Gypsy
3. Galahad - Guardian Angel
4. Genesis - Entangled
5. Arena - The Hanging Tree
6. IQ - Shallow Bay
7. Gentle Giant - Knots
8. Yes - Turn of the Century
9. King Crimson - Epitaph
10. Marillion - The Hollow Man
11. Pain of Salvation - King of Loss
12. Pendragon - Whirlwind
13. Opeth - Death Whispered a Lullaby
14. Phideaux - Crumble
15. Rush - Between the Wheels
16. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
17. Spock's Beard - At the End of the Day
18. Kate Bush - A Coral Room
19. The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
20. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

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03: Supertramp - Rudy
04: Pink Floyd - Echoes
05: Hawkwind - Opa Loka
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10: King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
...
 
I feel the need to adjust the order of these, based on further consideration:
 
03: King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
04: Hawkwind - Opa Loka
05: Pink Floyd - Echoes
06: Supertramp - Rudy
 
In the case of King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man, the original position (10) was based on when I first heard the album, rather than my first exposure to the track, which I heard a number of times on the radio starting from much earlier. It was a favourite song.
 
I got the albums Split Enz - Mental Notes and Supertramp - Crime Of The Century at the same time, but I first heard the song Split Enz - Maybe when it first came out much earlier. I loved that song (along with Supertramp - Bloody Well Right, though I was not a fan of Supertramp - Dreamer) but wasn't impressed with the rest of the album until I heard it again somewhat later. Thus, Supertramp - Rudy has to be placed later in the list.
 
My first exposure to Hawkwind was an interview on the radio with Nik Turner. During that interview in the background was played Opa Loka (and what effective background music that was!). But it wasn't until later that I got Space Ritual and Warrior On The Edge Of Time and into Hawkwind in general. That was because of a long track I heard on the radio starting from halfway through, which was not identified at the time, which I thought might have been Hawkwind, making them a place to start looking. My search of Hawkwind didn't yield anything but a love for Hawkwind. It wasn't until later that I fortuitously discovered that the track I was seeking was a bootleg version of Pink Floyd - Echoes.
 
 
I should say that positions 11-16 in the original list, corresponding to the years 1977-78, was when my musical taste changed from Heavy Metal/Hard Rock to Progressive Rock, and was an especially active period for me musically. Thus, I don't really recall the precise order for these albums.
 
In the case of the album Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love, it took several listens for it to transform from tediously boring to very much loved. The position of the track is more closely when I got the album rather than when I fell in love with it.
 
 
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Sure! Here's my attempt.
A1 - Assassing (Marillion - Fugazi) 7:03
A2 - Learning to Dream (Persephone's Dream - Evening Mirage) 6:37
A3 - Tank (Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Emerson, Lake and Palmer) 6:46

B4 - Easy Money (King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic) 7:54
B5 - Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus (The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute) 13:02

C6 - Sound Chaser (Yes - Relayer) 9:31
C7 - The Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous (Egg - Egg) 5:10
C8 - Trains (Porcupine Tree - In Absentia) 6:01

D9 - Canto Nomade per un Prigioniero Politico (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sommo Nato Libero) 15:48
D10 - The Trial (Pink Floyd - The Wall) 5:19

E11 - The Spirit of Radio (Rush - Permanent Waves) 5:01
E12 - Per un Amico (Premiata Forneria de Marconi - Per un Amico) 5:40
E13 - Anne of Cleves (Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VII) 7:53
E14 - Spoon (Ege Bamyası) 3:01

F15 - Selene (Gong - Angel's Egg) 3:36
F16 - The Race is About to Begin (black midi - Hellfire) 7:15
F17 - The Sleepwalkers (Van der Graaf Generator) 10:42

G18 - The Last Human Gateway (IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic) 20:00

H19 - Parabol/Parabola (tool - Lateralus) 9:17
H20 - Duke's Travels/Duke's End - (Genesis - Duke) 10:48
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Sorted alphabetically:
 
Arena - Moviedrome
Banco - R.I.P.
Deep Purple - Child in Time ("Made in Japan" version)
Dream Theater - Scene III:Fatal Tragedy (Metropolis Part 2)
EL&P -Karn Evil 9 ("Welcome Back my Friends..." version)
Gabriel, Peter - Wallflower
Genesis - Musical Box
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera ("Live after Death" version)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (Part 1)
Marillion - Heart of Lothian
Metallica - Welcome Home
Pink Floyd - Dogs
Porcupine Tree - Feel so Low
Queen - March of the Black Queen
Red Sand - Blame
Rush - Xanadu
Tool - Pneuma
VDGG - Refugees
Wakeman, Rick - Catherine Howard ("Wakeman with Wakeman live" version) 
Yes - And You and I ("Yessongs" version)

There are too many songs left out, for at least three or four more lists.
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1. Firth of Fifth - Genesis
2. Family Snapshot - Peter Gabriel
3. Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
4. And You And I  - Yes
5. Orion - Jethro Tull
6. Starless - King Crimson
7. Hello Earth - Kate Bush
8. Gathering Speed - Big Big Train
9. Forgotten Sons - Marillion
10. Time - Pink Floyd
11. Xanadu - Rush
12. Tangram Set 1 - Tangerine Dream
13. Taurus II - Mike Oldfield
14. Who's The Boss In The Factory - Karmakanic
15. Lazarus - Porcupine Tree
16. In Held Twas In I - Procol Harum
17. Crumble (Act 1) - Phideaux
18. Hide In Your Shell - Supertramp
19. A Kind Of Eden - Sylvan
20. Mouettes - Vangelis


Edited by Green Shield Stamp - February 17 2024 at 14:27
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From a discussion on another site, I think these selections would slot in well for this topic (label it "Prog Folk" if you like): 

Disc One -
Jethro Tull - Velvet Green
Roy Harper - The Same Old Rock
Fairport Convention - Reynardine
Pentangle - Lyke-Wake Dirge
Nick Drake - Three Hours
Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
Harmonium - Histoire Sans Parole
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
Comus - The Herald
Strawbs - Autumn
The Waterboys - The Stolen Child

Disc Two -
Steeleye Span - Cam Ye O'er Frae France
Decemberists - The Island
Fairport Convention - Matty Groves
Jethro Tull - A Cold Wind to Valhalla
King Crimson - The Night Watch
The Pogues - Turkish Song of Damned
The Waterboys - Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Procol Harum - Repent Walpurgis
Genesis - Can-Utility and the Coastliners
Gentle Giant - The Advent of Panurge
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Jerusalem
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Pink Floyd. Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
King Crimson. Starless.
ELP. Tarkus.
Yes. Close to the Edge.
Genesis. Supper's Ready.
Jethro Tull. Thick as a Brick.
Gentle Giant. Plain Truth.
Renaissance. Scheherazade.
Camel. Lady Fantasy.
Rick Wakeman. Arthur.
Steve Hackett. Shadow of the Hierophant.
Focus. Hamburger Concerto.
Harmonium. Histoires Sans Paroles.
Mike Oldfield. Ommadawn 1.
Banco del Mutuo Socorso. L'Evoluzione.
PFM. Impressioni di Settembre.
Museo Rosenbach. Zarathustra.
Le Orme. La Solitudine di chi Protegge il Mondo / L'Equilibrio.
Kansas. Lamplight Symphony.
Rush. 2112.
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Originally posted by LAM-SGC LAM-SGC wrote:

Arena - The Mirror Lies
Kate Bush - Oh England My Lionheart
Camel - Rhayader
Cardiacs - Stoneage Dinosaurs
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Genesis - Blood on the Rooftops
Gentle Giant - Pantagruel's Nativity
Justin Hayward/Jeff Wayne - Forever Autumn
Jethro Tull - Jack Frost and the Hodded Crow
NSRO - Morpheus Miracle Maker
Mike Oldfield - The Song of the Sun
Pink Floyd - Julia Dream
Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
The Sea Nymphs - Lilly White's Party
Sleepy People - 100 Years Ago
Stars in Battledress - Oh Engineer
Tangerine Dream - Tyger
Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'
Wishbone Ash - Outward Bound
Robert Wyatt - Sea Song



Four years later, and the only thing I would change is to remove Tangerine Dream in favour of a song by Adventure.
Across the evening sky,
all the birds are leaving,
But how can they know,
it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire,
I will still be dreaming,
I have no thought of time.
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